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What guitar does Jonny Greenwood play?

Jonny Greenwood's main guitar has long been a Fender Telecaster Plus with Lace Sensor pickups, alongside a 1975 Fender Starcaster and, with The Smile, a Gibson Les Paul Goldtop. His pedalboard has included a Marshall Shredmaster, DigiTech Whammy WH-1, Boss SD-1, Space Echoes and a Boss DD-200, into a Fender Eighty-Five and Vox AC30.

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What guitar does Jonny Greenwood play?

His Fender Telecaster Plus with Lace Sensor pickups has been his main guitar since the Bends era, with a 1975 Fender Starcaster for mellower songs. With The Smile he has been seen on a Gibson Les Paul Goldtop and a Fender Precision Bass.

What is on Jonny Greenwood's pedalboard?

He has been seen using a Marshall Shredmaster, DigiTech Whammy WH-1, Boss SD-1 and OD-3, a Boss LS-2, Roland and Boss Space Echoes, a Boss DD-200, Strymon TimeLine, EHX Small Stone, Freeze and Nano POG, and an Akai Head Rush.

What amp does Jonny Greenwood use?

Mixdown names a Fender Eighty-Five for distorted sounds, a Fender '65 Twin Reverb reissue in the early years and a Vox AC30, which replaced the Twin as his clean amp by 1997.

What effect did Jonny Greenwood use on the Paranoid Android solo?

Mixdown and FACT say his recorded solo was run through a Mutronics Mutator filter, and his Telecaster Plus has a kill switch fitted for the stuttering part of that solo.

What software does Jonny Greenwood use?

He has said he took up Cycling '74 Max on a tip passed on by Nigel Godrich, to build his own patches, and that the RTC toolkit is great for chance and random processes.

What synth does Jonny Greenwood use?

He has been seen using the ondes Martenot, commissioned an Analogue Systems French Connection controller to play Radiohead's RS Integrator modular live, and has said he put a Mellotron on Paranoid Android.

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Jonny Greenwood is the guitarist and multi-instrumentalist of Radiohead and The Smile, and the film composer behind There Will Be Blood, Phantom Thread and The Power of the Dog. This guide covers the guitars, amps and pedalboard he has played from The Bends and OK Computer to The Smile and Radiohead's 2025 tour, plus his ondes Martenot, Max software and the records he has talked about.

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